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Defense seeks leniency for 'Satanist' soldier in bomb plot

by Associated Press
| August 13, 2020 2:03 PM

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — A former Army infantry soldier described by prosecutors as a Satanist who hoped to overthrow the U.S. government endured a lifetime of victimization, isolation and trauma that led him to become involved with online extremist groups, his defense attorney argued Thursday in a motion seeking lenient punishment.

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